000 AGXX40 KNHC 131806 MIMATS MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 106 PM EST MON JAN 13 2014 MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W...AND THE SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS. ...GULF OF MEXICO... MODEL PREFERENCE: LATEST GFS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS/OFFICIAL FORECAST. MWW3 BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS/OFFICIAL FOR WAVE PARAMETERS. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF TODAY QUICKLY REACHING FROM NEAR SE LOUISIANA TO NE MEXICO BY THIS AFTERNOON AND FROM APALACHICOLA BAY TO INLAND THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA BY EARLY TUE THEN WEAKEN AS IT MOVES TO JUST SE OF THE GULF BY EARLY TUE NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF TUE NIGHT. AND THROUGH THE EASTERN GULF WED. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT LATE WED AND THU BRING FRESH TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TO THE AREA. THE HIGH WILL MOVE EASTWARD WHILE WEAKENING THU AND FRI ALLOWING FOR RETURN FLOW TO SET UP OVER THE FAR WESTERN GULF. YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF ON FRI. ...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W... MODEL PREFERENCE: LATEST GFS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS/OFFICIAL FORECAST. FOR WAVES USED A BLEND OF THE MWW3 WITH PREVIOUS/OFFICIAL GRIDS. HIGH CONFIDENCE. FRESH TO STRONG TRADES OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH FRI...EXCEPT FOR THE FAR S CENTRAL PORTION. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL TONIGHT. IT WILL PUSH THROUGH IT TUE AFTERNOON...AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS BY WED...FROM NEAR THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TO THE COAST OF NICARAGUA LATE ON THU...THEN BECOME STATIONARY AND DISSIPATE FRI. LONG PERIOD NE SWELLS AFFECTING THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE ON MON. ...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... MODEL PREFERENCE: LATEST GFS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS/OFFICIAL FORECAST. FOR WAVES USED A BLEND OF THE MWW3/ECMWF BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS/OFFICIAL GRIDS. HIGH CONFIDENCE. HIGH PRES RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA WILL MOVE E AS COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW PORTION EARLY ON TUE AND EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N76W TO WESTERN CUBA BY TUE NIGHT FROM NEAR 31N74W TO CENTRAL CUBA EARLY WED AND FROM NEAR 31N71W TO EASTERN CUBA BY EARLY THU. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR 31N66W TO THE SE BAHAMAS AND STATIONARY TO NEAR EASTERN CUBA AND THE WINDWARD PASSAGE LATE THU INTO FRI. HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN THU AND FRI AS YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE SE U.S. COAST. $$ .WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS 12 PLANET CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE: .GULF OF MEXICO... GMZ011...NONE. GMZ013...NONE. GMZ015...NONE. GMZ017...NONE. GMZ019...NONE. GMZ021...NONE. GMZ023...NONE. GMZ025...NONE. .CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND 64W... AMZ011...NONE. AMZ013...NONE. AMZ015...NONE. AMZ017...NONE. AMZ019...NONE. AMZ021...NONE. AMZ023...NONE. AMZ025...NONE. AMZ027...NONE. AMZ029...NONE. AMZ031...NONE. AMZ033...NONE. AMZ035...NONE. AMZ037...NONE. AMZ039...NONE. .SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS... AMZ111...NONE. AMZ113...NONE. AMZ115...NONE. AMZ117...NONE. AMZ119...NONE. AMZ121...NONE. AMZ123...NONE. AMZ125...NONE. AMZ127...NONE. *FOR DETAILED ZONE DESCRIPTIONS PLEASE VISIT: HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/ABOUTTAFBPROD.SHTML#OWF NOTE: GRIDDED MARINE FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE (NDFD) AT: HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/MARINE/GRIDS.PHP FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT: HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE $$ .FORECASTER DGS. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.